Missense mutation in the mtDNA cytochrome b gene in a patient with myopathy

Neurology

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1444-1447

  Andreu, A L ^a,c   Bruno, C ^a   Shanske, S ^a   Shtilbans, A ^a   Hirano, M ^a   Krishna, S ^a   Hayward, L ^b   Systrom, D S ^b   Brown Jr , R H ^b   DiMauro, Salvatore ^a  

^a The New York Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DNA DETERMINATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MISSENSE MUTATION; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYOPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

EID: 0031744009     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.51.5.1444     Document Type: Article

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